CITIZENSHIP

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Raveesh Kumar, said: "The Citizenship Amendment Act is an internal matter of India and concerns the sovereign right of the Indian Parliament to make laws. We strongly believe that no foreign party has any locus standi on issues pertaining to India’s sovereignty."

The order said that the competent authority is "satisfied that it is not conducive to public good that Chennamaneni continues to be a citizen of India" and therefore decided that he "ceases" to be a citizen of the country. Ramesh represents the Vemulawada seat, around 160 km from Hyderabad.

A week after the Delhi riots that claimed 45 lives started, traders of Bhajanpura, Ghonda and Chand Bagh held meetings on Sunday and sought more police presence to be able to open shops. On Sunday, shops remained closed at Chand Bagh and Mustafabad.

The BJP on Saturday announced a mass contact programme to expose opposition parties' "lies" and apprise people of the details of the amended citizenship law to assure them that it is not against existing citizens.

At his first public rally in Kolkata after the 2019 general elections, Shah said, "The opposition is terrorising the minorities. I assure every person from the minority community that the CAA only provides citizenship, does not take it away. It won't affect your citizenship."

The national capital on Friday witnessed a wave of fresh protests with a car being set on fire during one of the several demonstrations by people in their thousands who took to the streets shouting anti-government slogans over the contentious citizenship law.

"We asked them about their sentiment on the situation since December 10. We all know that a misinformation campaign was going on claiming that over one crore Bangladeshis would come and attack the culture, language and identity of the Assamese people," the BJP leader said.

One unfortunate fact remains that the women at Shaheen Bagh had occupied a public road, hitting thousands of commuters. They should have shifted their agitation tent to the adjacent Okhla bird sanctuary. That would have sent a signal that, while continuing a just protest, they would also avoid harming commuters.